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Mostly Windows desktop apps for specific verticals (seen many in insurance, finance etc) - albeit considered legacy. I use it for Windows ISAPI dlls against va
by ak39 8y ago
Mostly Windows desktop apps for specific verticals (seen many in insurance, finance etc) - albeit considered legacy.
I use it for Windows ISAPI dlls against various backend databases (mostly MS SQL Server).
The newer output however from this stack is from its cross platform and mobile features - Firemonkey (native UI and cross platform API wrapper). I haven’t used it yet but I have seen a few apps on AppStore and Play using them.
- wila 8y agoFiremonkey does not use native controls, it draws its own buttons and other controls.
- clouddrover 8y agoFireMonkey has the ability to use native controls as an option: http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/Rio/en/FireMonkey_Native_Controls http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/Rio/en/FireMonkey_N...
- wila 8y agoThanks iOS and Windows only though, not macOS and Android.
- clouddrover 8y agoNative Android controls: http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/Rio/en/FireMonkey_Native_Android_Controls http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/Rio/en/FireMonkey_N... With more native Android controls coming in the future.
- wila 8y agoNice. Of course I mostly care about macOS. Unfortunately that's the area that Embarcadero appears to mostly ignore.
- ak39 8y agoSorry, my bad - you are 100% right. Firemonkey uses scalable vectors for UI. (It also uses native, but that's not what I had intended to say.)
- wila 8y agoNo worries. It runs native, so your statement wasn't technically wrong. Just wanted to point out that it does still look and behave a bit different from using native controls. Although apparently that nowadays that depends on the host OS used.